Nov. 6, 2004

LAS VEGAS - UNLV's Joel Kielbowicz won twice Saturday and upset a ranked opponent for the second consecutive day to win the Rebel Classic at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

Kielbowicz, a Las Vegas native, first upended Illinois' Ruben Gonzales 6-3, 6-4 and then rallied to down 105th-ranked Oscar Posada of East Tennessee State 6-7, 6-1, 6-1 for the Flight One singles title.

"Joel made a statement at this tournament that he will be a major factor in the Mountain West Conference during the spring season," UNLV head coach Owen Hambrook said. "He beat two good players today from quality programs. He had quite a tournament."

UNLV MEN'S TENNIS FALL CLASSICAt Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las VegasSaturday, Nov. 6, 2004
TEAMS:UNLV, Portland, Illinois, Tennessee,Fresno State, East Tennessee State, Utah
SEMIFINAL SINGLESFlight One#105 Oscar Posada (ETSU) def.#67 Aviram Salomon (UNLV) 6-4, 6-4
Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV) def.Ruben Gonzales (ILL) 6-3, 6-4
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Kielbowicz (UNLV) def. #105 Posada (ETSU) 6-7, 6-1, 6-1
SEMIFINAL SINGLES
Flight Two
Eklov (ILL) def. Fiuri (ETSU) 6-1, 6-4
Insaurralde (ETSU) def. Sinn (FS) 7-5, 6-3
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Insauuralde (ETSU) def. Eklov (ILL) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
DOUBLES
QUARTERFINALS
Oosthuizen/Rogers (UT) def. Salomon/Kielbowicz (UNLV) 9-7
Mann/Ganger (UU) def. Martin/Thornton (UT) 8-4
Scott/Eklov (UT) def. Tcherveniachki/Berry (UT) 8-6
Gonzales/Zeder (ILL) def. Sinn/Cech (FS) 8-2
SEMIFINALS
Mann/Ganger (UU) def. Oosthuizen/Rogers (UT) 8-3
Scott/Eklov (UT) def. Gonzales/Zeder (ILL) 8-4
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Mann/Ganger (UU) def. Scott/Eklov (UT) 8-3